- Scientific Name: Silene repens Patrin
- Ref: C.H.Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1:500. 1805
- Synonyms: Cucubalus congestus Willd. ex Cham. & Schltdl., Silene fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot, S. gypsophiloides Schrank, S. gysophila Desf., S. pachyrhiza Franch., S. purpurata Greene, S. scouleri var. costata F.N.Williams, S. sobolifera Schott ex Rchb., S. ssojutica Less. ex Ledeb.
- English Common Name: creeping silene, pink campion
- Chinese Common Name: 蔓茎蝇子草 mànjīng yíngzicǎo, 毛萼麦瓶草 máo’è màipíngcǎo
- Japanese Common Name: カラフトマンテマ [樺太マンテマ] karafutomantema
- Family: Caryophyllaceae
- Genus: Silene
- Distribution: Forests, grasslands, stream edges, stony mountain grasslands, dry steppes, sand dunes, grasslands, mountain summit steppes; 1500–3500 m. NW Gansu, Hebei, Jilin, Nei Mongol, N Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang [Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia; NW North America].
- Photo: 07/14/2008, Mt. Changbai, Jilin
Herbs perennial, 15--50 cm tall, shortly pubescent or glabrous throughout. Rhizome slender, branched. Stems solitary or sparsely caespitose, ascending, basally usually lignified, simple or sometimes branched. Leaves with short, sterile axillary branches, linear-lanceolate, lanceolate, oblanceolate, or orbicular-lanceolate, (1.5--)2--7 cm × (1--)3--10(--12) mm, sparsely pubescent, ciliate at margin, midvein prominent, base cuneate. Flowers in a racemiform thyrse; cymules usually 3--7-flowered, usually opposite, distal cymules often capitate. Pedicel 1--8 mm; bracts lanceolate. Calyx often violet-tinged, tubular to clavate, 1--1.5 cm × 3--4.5 mm, pubescent. Androgynophore 4--6(--8) mm, shortly pubescent. Petal claws oblanceolate, without auricles; limbs not exserted beyond calyx, white, rarely yellowish white, obovate, usually 5--7 mm, bifid to middle or less. Stamens and styles slightly exserted; filaments glabrous. Styles 3. Capsule ovoid, 6--8 mm, shorter than calyx. Seeds black-brown, reniform, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Jun--Aug, fr. Jul--Sep. 2n = 24, 48. (Flora of China)
